Currycomb



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W. L. FRISBIE.

GURRYGOMB.

No. 539,425 Patented May 21, 1895.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFIcE.

WILLIAM L. FRISBIE, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE SYRA OUSESPECIALTY MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF NEW YORK.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters ZPatent No. 539,425, dated May 21,1895.

Ap lication filed November 3, 1894 To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM IAFRISBIE, of Syracuse, in the county ofOnondaga, in the State of New York, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Ourrycombs, of which the following, taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to curry-combs and the object is to provide asimple, flexible and convenient tool of this class.

My invention consists essentially in the combination in a curry-comb, ofa series of loops formed of strap metal, serrated on one edge, andplaced within and concentric with each other, a handle, and a shankconnecting the handle with the said loops; and my invention consists incertain other combinations of parts hereinafter described andspecifically set forth in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure l is a bottom plan view of a currycomb embodyingmy invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of a form of shank which may beused to connect the comb with the handle, and Fig. 3 is a side view ofmyimproved comb with the shank attached and the handle removed.

Referring specifically to the drawings, A represents the comb. Brepresents the handle and O is the shank which connects the comb withthe handle. The handle may be mounted on or secured to the shank in anysuitable and well known manner not necessary to be described herein.

The comb proper is composed of a series of rings or loops, a, a, a ofstrap metal placed one within the other and preferably concentric witheach other. The ends of the larger ring or 100p are joined or connectedtogether by the shank, O, as hereinafter described. The ends of each ofthe inner loops are bent or curved outward, as shown clearly in Fig. 1,so that all the ends of the loops on each Serial No. 527,835. (Nomodel.)

side of the comb are brought together and united in separate groups, 0,c to the said shank C; The shank after passing from the handle is bentdownward as usual to form the thumb rest and then projects segmentallyoutward on each side to join or unite the two groups of ends together.The shank, C, may be connected to these groups of ends by means ofrivets, c, 0', passing through the shank and ends, or the shank itselfmay be bent or formed with suitable projections, 01, d, inplace of therivets, to enter and pass through the groups of ends, and the ends ofthese proj ections upset or headed to hold the said ends securely inplace and to the shank.

The strips, a, a, a, are serrated on one edge only, as shown in thedrawings. Preferably, I do not extend the serrations to the ends of thestrips, a, a, a, but make the ends plain where they come together and ashigh as the serrations. end on the strips are clearly indicated at e, e,e, &c., in Fig. 1.

Having described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-' As a new article of manufacture, a spring currycomb consisting of a serrated outer endless band, a series of serratedindependent bands, arranged concentrically within the outer band andhaving their respective ends turned outwardly, and a handle providedwith a shank having curved Wings or cars, riveted with the outerinclosing band and the outwardly turned ends of the independent bands,by means of a rivet on each side.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name.

WILLIAM L. FRISBIE. n s] Witnesses:

MARK W. DEWEY, H. M. SEAMANS.

The places where the serrations

